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Molecular Techniques
Molecular Techniques: are universal procedures used in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and biophysics which mainly involve manipulation and analysis of DNA, RNA, protein, and lipid.
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JUN 29, 2020Cancer
Treatments for cancer usually revolve around targeting certain immune checkpoints in the cell. Protein cell death protei ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUN 28, 2020Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons are a well-studied cell type in the brain. But another type of brain cell called glia has received less attentio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2020Immunology
When cells become diseased or infected, a “suicide switch” is triggered, preventing neighboring cells from b ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2020Immunology
Microglia make up just a fraction of all the cells in the brain, but play a vital role in removing pathogens or damaged ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Errors in genes can cause serious diseases. Some of those errors are large, while others are due to a change in only one ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Advancements in diagnostic technologies are paving the way for the next generation of ultra-sensitive serological ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Their cells of cephalopods like squid and octopuses can change in incredible ways to create living camouflage.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are full of a huge variety of structures and molecules that all work together, but many techniques will only allow ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Can we live in a world that completely eliminates side-effects from therapeutics? Well, scientists from Hong Kong Baptis ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, researchers have modified and applied the CRISPR gene editing technology in many different ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The fidget spinner toy craze took the world by storm — a small, boomerang-shaped gadget that rotates hypnotically ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It's important to be able to identify the types of cells that are present in a tissue and how they behave in order to ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Organisms develop from a single cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of tissues and structures that are found ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A collaboration across 29 research and healthcare agencies is putting together the world’s largest brain tu ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 12, 2020Microbiology
Melting permafrost has been revealing some remarkably well-preserved and extremely old stuff, like a prehistoric puppy a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a future where we could “see” inside the human brain at stunning high resolution, detecting the earl ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Immunology
Dubbed “ductal macrophages,” newly discovered immune cells found in breast tissue offer fresh promise for fu ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2020
Cancer
Treatments for cancer usually revolve around targeting certain immune checkpoints in the cell. Protein cell death protei
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUN 28, 2020
Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons are a well-studied cell type in the brain. But another type of brain cell called glia has received less attentio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2020
Immunology
When cells become diseased or infected, a “suicide switch” is triggered, preventing neighboring cells from b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2020
Immunology
Microglia make up just a fraction of all the cells in the brain, but play a vital role in removing pathogens or damaged
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in genes can cause serious diseases. Some of those errors are large, while others are due to a change in only one
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Advancements in diagnostic technologies are paving the way for the next generation of ultra-sensitive serological
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Their cells of cephalopods like squid and octopuses can change in incredible ways to create living camouflage.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are full of a huge variety of structures and molecules that all work together, but many techniques will only allow
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Can we live in a world that completely eliminates side-effects from therapeutics? Well, scientists from Hong Kong Baptis
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, researchers have modified and applied the CRISPR gene editing technology in many different ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The fidget spinner toy craze took the world by storm — a small, boomerang-shaped gadget that rotates hypnotically
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It's important to be able to identify the types of cells that are present in a tissue and how they behave in order to ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms develop from a single cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of tissues and structures that are found
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A collaboration across 29 research and healthcare agencies is putting together the world’s largest brain tu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 12, 2020
Microbiology
Melting permafrost has been revealing some remarkably well-preserved and extremely old stuff, like a prehistoric puppy a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a future where we could “see” inside the human brain at stunning high resolution, detecting the earl
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Immunology
Dubbed “ductal macrophages,” newly discovered immune cells found in breast tissue offer fresh promise for fu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker